Hoisting apparatus.



Patented Oct. 23, I900. .F. E. mznzos & F. L. MARTIN.

HOISTING APPARATUS. (Application filed Mar. 13, 1900,)

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%INVEIVTURJ ATTORNEYS UNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK E. HERZOG AND FRANK 1.. MARTIN, on NEW YoRK, Ni Y.,

ASSIGNORS TO THE HOUSEHOLD SAME PLACE.

HOI STING APPARATUS COMPANY, OF

Holsrmc APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 660,272, dated October 23, 1900. Application filed March 13, 1900. Serial No. 8l4 5- (NO 111 11 which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to'make and use the same.

This inventionrelates to hoisting apparatus; and the object thereof is to provide an apparatus of this class which shall possess features of adjustment and adaptation par-' ticularly suiting it for household and similar Our invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and constitutes an improvement upon Letters Patent No. 642,845, issued to us February 6, 1900.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, in which like reference characters denote like parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a front elevation of our improved hoisting apparatus with the parts in extended or operative position; Fig. 2, a similar view with the parts in collapsed, contracted, or inoper ative position. Fig. 3 is an elevation of a portion thereof, partly in section and upon an enlarged scale; Fig. 4, a section thereof upon the line 4 4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a section thereof upon the line 5 5 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 6, a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the parts in contracted or inoperative position.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, we have shown at 7 a portion of the wall of a cellar or area Way of a dwelling-house or other building and at 7 in dotted lines thegrating or other closure which normally closes said cellar-way.

In the practice of our invention we provide a vertical tubular main support 8, which is secured in position by means of straps or braces 9, the outer ends of which are formed into annular keepers 9 through which pass set-screws 9 and which are engaged with said wall 7, and a supplemental tubular support 10 is passed slidably into said main support,

being'housed therein, as shown in Fig. 3. The proportions of said supports .8 and 10 are such that when adjusted as shown in Fig. 2

the supplemental support 10 does not project tion with said slot 12 to receive slidablythe' supplemental tubular support 10, which latter is provided at one side with a lug or shoulder 13 of suitable form to pass through said I slot 12, but which when the supplemental sup port 10. is turned to bring said shoulder out of alinement with the slot 12 will engage with the cap 11 and maintain the member 10 in elevated position, as shown in Fig. 1. The supplemental support member 10 is provided with two spaced annular flanges 14, which closely fit the inner walls of the tubular inain'support 8 and serve to guide the supplemental support in its vertical movement and also serve to maintain said supplemental support in true vertical position. The upper end of the supplemental support 10 is formed into a frame-shaped portion 15, through which is passed a horizontalshaft 16, to which is fixed a pulley 17 and a ratchet 18, in connection with which latter operates a pawl 19, pivoted adjacent to the shaft 16. The shaft 16 is provided with a crank 20, whereby a rope or cord 21, one end of which is fixed to said pulley 17, may be wound thereon. The rope or cord 21 passes about a pulley-block 22, supported at the upper end of the supplemental support 10, the upper end portion of said support being rectangularly directed at 23, whereby the pulley-block 22 is suspended in a vertical line somewhat removed from the vertical line of the supports 8 and 10. The other end of the cord 21 is connected with a supplemental pulley-block 23, about which the said cord is also passed, the p alley-block 23 being provided with a hook 24, which may be engaged with the bail 25 of an ash-can 26 or with whatever load itis desired to hoist, which hoisting is performed by manipulation of the crank 20, which will wind the cord 21 upon the pulley 17. Atthe point 23, whence the upper'end portion of the sup= port 10 is an gularly directed, we fix thereto a laterally-projecting handle 27, whereby the operator may-steady himself While manipulating the crank 20.

It is manifest that the entire construction is simple, cheap to manufacture, and maybe collapsed or telescoped into compact total form whereby the area-way or cellarin which the apparatusis installed will be but little encumbered thereby.

We do not limit ourselves to the specific.

construction and arrangement of parts herein specified, but reserve the right to va'rytlje same within the scope of our invention.

Having fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a hoisting apparatus of the class described, a support consisting of two telescoping members, the first of which is provided at one end with a cap having a bore through which the second member passes, said cap being slotted to communicate with said bore,

and said second member being provided with a laterally-directed shoulder which. may be passed through said slot but which, when said members are suitably relatively adjusted, may serve as a stop in connection with said cap to maintain said second member in fixed position.

2. In a hoisting apparatus of the class described, a support consisting of two telescoping members, the first of which is provided at one end with a detachable cap having a bore through which the second member passes, said detachable cap being slotted to communicate with said bore, and said second member being provided with a laterally-directed shoulder which may be passed through said slot, but which, when said members are suitably relatively adjusted, may serve as a stop in connection with said cap to maintain said second member in fixed position.

In a hoisting apparatus of the class described, a main support and a supplemental support telescopically connected therewith, prank-operated devices connected with said supplemental support adjacent the upper end thereof, saidupper end of said supplemental support being angularly directed therefrom, and a handle connected with said suppleh mental support at the point of angular divergencetlrerefrom ofthe' upper end portion of tsaid supplemental support.

4. In a hoisting apparatus of the class described, a support provided at a predetermined point with aframe-shaped portion, a 1 shaft passed therethrough, a pulley and a ratchet-each fixed to said shaft, a pawl piv- 3 oted-to said frame-shaped portion and operating in connection with said ratchet, said shaft being provided with a crank, and said support being angnlarly directed at its upper end, hoisting devices connected with the said singularly-directed upper end portion of said support, and a rope or cord which operates in connection, therewith and in connection 'with said pulley, saidsupport being provided at the point of angular divergence of said upper end portion therefrom with a handle.

In testimonythat we claim theforegoing as our invention we have signed our names, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 9th day of March, 1900.

FREDERICK E. I-IERZOG. FRANK L. MARTIN. Witnesses:

CARL HERZOG, T. J. MURPHY. 

